Jean Rouch Movie Trailers
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Le Rêve plus fort que la mort Trailer (2002)
01 January 2002
Jean Rouch's return to Niger, to meet his African friends and the play "Perses" by Aeschylus provide him with the opportunity to relate his Dionysian vision of the world and Songhai mythology.
World Without a Game Trailer (1966)
29 May 1966
Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.
Six in Paris Trailer (1965)
19 May 1965
Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St.
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative” Trailer (1973)
01 January 1973
It's the final of the giraffe football world championship. The 403 and the 504 are in the final. The referee gives the instructions and the cars rush in pursuit of the giraffe.
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli Trailer (1971)
01 December 1971
The fifth year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of Idyeli.
Son of Gascogne Trailer (1995)
18 February 1995
You're a provincial kid in Paris and suddenly you're the center of attention: Movie stars, famous directors and sexy women are doting on you because they all think you're the son of their long-dead legendary friend.
The Doll Trailer (1962)
07 November 1962
An avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The dictator has been replaced by a look-alike revolutionary, and the dictator's wife has been replaced by a robot.
Circumcision Trailer (1949)
01 January 1949
Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this film has been used to make "Les Fils de l'Eau".
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel) Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
Lightning struck the hut of a Fulani shepherd near a village of settled fishermen, Ganghel, in Niger.
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même Trailer (1964)
19 May 1964
Made for Cinéastes de notre temps series. In 1964, several French New Wave auteurs discuss the success and crisis of the wave.
Rose et Landry Trailer (1963)
01 January 1963
A young African couple discusses the influence of the West on their traditions. They discuss at length love, polygamy, bourgeois marriage, the contribution of the West and African heritage.
I, a Negro Trailer (1959)
12 March 1959
Winner of the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc in 1958, "Moi, un noir" marked Jean Rouch's break with traditional ethnography, and his embrace of the collaborative and improvisatory strategies he called "shared ethnography" and "ethnofiction".
Monsieur Albert, prophète Trailer (1963)
01 January 1963
Life in a community of Harist disciples in the village of Bregbo, Côte d'Ivoire, under the aegis of their "prophet" Alberto Atcho.
The Magicians of Wanzerbé Trailer (1948)
02 January 1948
Filmed in Wanzerbé, Niger, this short documentary records ritual, market exchange, and ceremonial practices, documenting divination, sacrifice, and collective rites intended to protect the village and its inhabitants.
Mad Mimes Trailer (2012)
15 June 2012
An anthropological study of a cargo cult in a fictitious self-marginalized commune, which existed next to the Moscow Ring Road - a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital - and survived mainly on roadside trash.
The Burial of the Hogon Trailer (1973)
01 January 1973
Burial of the Hogon of Sanga, Dogon religious leader of Lower Ogol, Mali.
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham Trailer (1986)
01 October 1986
In Jean Rouch's cinematic reinterpretation of Julius-Amédée Laou's theatrical work, a freshly appointed nurse steps into the chaotic world of a psychiatric ward.
Hampi Trailer (1962)
07 May 1962
A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual ceremony featuring possession dances.
Portrait de Jean Rouch Trailer (2004)
04 May 2004
On the terrace of his regular café haunt in Paris' 14th arrondissement, Jean Rouch regales Noël Simsolo and Jackie Raynal with stories from the life of a self-described "amateur filmmaker".
That Tender Age Trailer (1964)
19 August 1964
A film in four episodes presenting teenage girls chosen as representative of their country and our time, in Italy, France, Japan and Canada.
Drums from the Past Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
Filmed in May 1971 in Niger, this short documentary records a possession ritual performed by the Simiri people in response to a locust invasion.
Horendi Trailer (1972)
01 January 1972
A seven-day initiation ceremony is documented in which two women undergo ritual healing following a diagnosis of spirit possession, presented without narration, intertitles, or explanatory commentary.
A Friendly Handshake Trailer (1997)
01 January 1997
From the bridges of Porto to its estuary, two men are paying tribute to the elegant Douro River. Through Luís de Camões and Prince Henry the Navigator, through its Viking ships and dizzying bridges, the Douro is a great witness to the history and culture of Portugal.
Jaguar Trailer (1967)
03 September 1967
Jaguar, a kind of road movie on foot, tells of the journey of three friends, Damouré, Lam and Illo, on their way to the Gold Coast where they hope to make a fortune in order to return to their village in a few months.
The Dreamed Films Trailer (2010)
18 March 2010
Belgian filmmaker Eric Pauwels' meditation on dream, travel and film.
Battle on the Great River Trailer (1950)
31 December 1950
After an unsuccessful attempt in 1946 to film a traditional bangaoui (hippopotamus hunt) on the Niger River, Jean Rouch returns several years later to document the ritual in full.
The Human Pyramid Trailer (1961)
18 April 1961
Jean Rouch gives a group of black and white teenagers a "what if" question: what if they socialised with each other? The teenagers then improvise their own characters and situations.
The Sons of the Water Trailer (1959)
10 December 1959
A compilation of black and white excerpts from five previous color films by Jean Rouch: Yenendi, the Rainmakers, Cemeteries in the Cliff, The Millet People, The Circumcision, Battle on the Great River.
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
Once upon a time, in the middle of the last century, a great warrior named Babatou. Nigerian jumper from the region Dounga Gurunsi invaded the country and settled there.
The Lion Hunters Trailer (1966)
15 October 1966
Etnographic documentary about lion hunting in Africa.
Brise-glace Trailer (1990)
05 September 1990
Collaborative experimental project on which three director made different films about the Swedish icebreaker "Frej".
Maya Deren, Take Zero Trailer (2012)
30 January 2012
This documentary interweaves films and voice recordings by Maya Deren with interviews featuring colleagues and contemporaries who worked with or knew her firsthand.
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan) Trailer (1977)
01 March 1977
Jean Rouch’s camera follows his friend, filmmaker/actor/critic Farrokh Ghaffari, as he walks and talks us through the famous Shah Mosque in Esfehan.
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers Trailer (1966)
01 January 1966
The film shows the members of a voluntary association of young people from Upper Volta who work in Abidjan, Ivory Coast - first at their work, then at a reunion that ends on a dance floor in Treichville.
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death Trailer (1981)
06 July 1981
Sigui 1967-1973: invention de la parole et de la mort is a never-before-seen synthesis of the roaming ceremony of the Dogon people living in Mali, the Sigui.
Jean Rouch: First Film 1947-1991 Trailer (1991)
26 February 1991
The first film in Jean Rouch's filmography is not his first film at all. It was edited by a French news company, using images he had shot but organised into a very different sequence from his own.
Samba the Great Trailer (1977)
26 March 1977
Based on a traditional folktale, this animated film follows the hero Sambagana, who must complete a succession of arduous trials in order to make a princess laugh and earn her consent to marriage.
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows Trailer (1964)
27 August 1964
Filmed in Paris in 1964, this documentary short follows two fifteen-year-old girls from the city’s 16th arrondissement as they move through leisure, conversation, and social encounters.
The Mad Masters Trailer (1955)
24 August 1955
The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by French Colonial administrators.
Makwayela Trailer (1977)
11 May 1977
A group of factory workers in post-independence Mozambique perform a ritual of song describing their work in South African gold mines and decrying the evils of apartheid.
Letter to Jean Rouch Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
This film is a moving tribute to French filmmaker Jean Rouch. Pauwels, a former collaborator of Rouch, accompanies him on a trip to Japan.
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
The story follows three poultry sellers on a trip across the bush, attempting to deliver a load of chickens to a market in Niamey.
The Rainmakers Trailer (1951)
22 February 1951
Rain rituals with possession dances among the Songhay and Zarma of Simiri, Zermaganda, Niger. Dry Season: The village of Simiri; water carriers, the rainbow tree.
Dionysos Trailer (1984)
04 September 1984
The story of an American drama teacher who after writing a thesis on Dionysus tries to combine Dionysian rites with the work at a car factory, in an attempt to create the world's first car built in joyous frenzy.
Freddy Buache, le cinéma Trailer (2012)
29 November 2012
A documentary film in which Fabrice Aragno assembles a range of footage from the archives of Radio Télévision Suisse, the Cinémathèque suisse and Cinéma en tête by Freddy Buache’s partner Marie-Magdeleine Brumagne.
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed Trailer (1948)
22 February 1948
Filmed in Firgoun, Niger, the film documents an initiation ceremony in which a young Songhay woman undergoes ritual preparation for the dance of possession.
Civilisation: L'homme et les images Trailer (1967)
01 January 1967
Collective contribution to a history of cinema, this issue of the “Civilisations” collection alse
Outlaw Trailer (2025)
05 February 2025
Portrait of a rebel expat Estonian filmmaker Vladimir Karasjov-Orgusaar.